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A labor and civil-rights lawyer for two decades before she ran for Congress on the slogan "This woman's place is in the House — the House of Representatives," Abzug became a leading voice of 1970s feminism, co-founding the National Women's Political Caucus with Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan. She went on to chair Gerald Ford's National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year and Jimmy Carter's National Advisory Commission for Women, earning the nickname "Battling Bella" for her combative style.